Orange peeler



Oct. 6, 1936. E, C, ERR@ 2,056,843

ORANGE PEELER Filed July 22, 1955 V .ga la .ae Il. If?.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITN ESS Patented Oct. 6, '1936 .1

iPATENT:GFI-1 CE ORANGE PEELR y j Ernesto Cancio Erro, Habana, Cuba.

Appi'icti'qn .ruiy 1935. 'semi Nt. vsatis',

1 Claim; f (Cl. 14S- 3) ''IieinventMn relates to af device forr peeling fruit, A,potatoes ,or the like and more especially `to an ,orange peeler.

'I 'heglprimary object ofthe invention is'fthe provisionfcf a device ofl this character, wherein throughthe us'e of an screw spindle and a knife the fruit, potato or thelike can be readily and lr conveiiieritlyl peeled, the knife being of Aspecial constructionand mounted in a novel manner so as tob'e presentedtothe fruit; potatoor thelike forthefpeeling operation on the rotation and Ial1- vancement of such fruit, potato or' the like, vthe Acarriere for the knifebei'nglreadily removable so that it v"can be cleaned land thedevicemaintained sanitary.

Anotherobject ofrthe, invention is the provision of a device of this" character, wherein the -feed spindle is latched in a bearing so that on lthe unlatching thereof the said spindle can be Y adjusted with dispatch within said bearing, the

knife being automatically adjustable for proper relation thereof with the fruit, potato or the like to be peeled.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, which is simple in construction, positive and automatic in its operation yet manually driven, thoroughly reliable and efficient in its purpose, strong, durable and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in thev accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance with the invention showing an orange in vertical section and within the device for the peeling thereof.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2--2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. Figure 4' is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevation of the bearing with a latch for the screw spindle.

Figure 6 is a sectional View on the line 6-6 of Figure 5 looking in the direction of the arrows. Figure 7 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the bearing and latch. Figure 8 is `an exploded perspective view showf ing indetail the carrier,` knife and supporting varm'of the device.

Figure 9 isa. vertical transverse sectional view i through the carrier.

yof Figure 9 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 11 is a top plan view of thecarrier. Figure 12 is a. sectional view on the line I2-I2 of Figure 9 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Similar referencecharacters indicate correl0 spending parts throughout the several views in the drawing. I f f Referring to the drawing in detail, the device comprises a base 'I 0 for supporting an upstanding bearing II, it havingl a foot extension I2 pro- 15 vided with keyhole shaped slots I3`spaced from each otherfor the reception of screws or the like fasteners I4 which are passed through the base I0 and engaged in a support, a portion I5 thereof being shown and is in the nature of a table top, 20 bench or the like.

The base I0 has formed therewith spaced transversely arranged pivot ears I6, these being remote from the bearing II when engaged upon the base I0. nected thereto by a pivot pin I I is a swinging arm I8 it having an outward curvature and has at its upper free end a pin-like arbor I9 for the mounting thereon of a knife carrier in the' nature of a block 20, it having a concaved or curved 30 downwardly sloping contact face 2I and also a at faced reduced lower portion 22, the arbor I8 being loosely fitted in or received by a companion socket 2 3 pinned in the block centrally thereof and opening only through the bottom side of the lower portion 22 of the said block 20 so that the latter will be swiveled on the upper free end of the arm I8.

Detachably mounted upon the lower portion 22 of the block 20 is a substantially U-shaped peeling knife 23 which is held in a position for confronting fruit such as an orange 24 for the automatic peeling thereof while the block 20 at the face 2| has contact with the said orange 24 and functions to automatically adjust the knife 5 23 correspondingly to the undulations or irregular outer surface of the orange when being automatically peeled.

The bearing II is formed with the circular eyes 25, these being spaced from each other and 50 A have loosely passing therethrough a screw spindle 26 which at the outer end hasl detachably fixed thereto a handle crank 21 carrying the handle 28. Pivoted between the eyes 25 of the bearing II at 29 is a swinging half nut 30 which 55 Between these ears I6 and con- 5 when in threaded` engsgeme'ntrwith: then-spindle 2U latches it in lizlrx'e bearingafor screw movement' therethrough when'turned'by'thecrank'l'; half nutll "isformedfwith a -ngerknobli whichlirotrudesy laterally from oneside of the lbearixig:` Il toibe readily accessibleso that uponfswingill'gv of the nut' Il upwardly. andflaterally` the spindle will ble unlatched'and it can belshiftedy or slidably mo'vedthrough theV eyes 2l"`of"th'e* bearing I I freely for quicl'adjustment of the said spindle.

tated and 'advanced inthe bearing I I;

The arm Ilhaving the blockflfswiveled on@ the arbor Ilthereof'is tensioned to advance the@` knife. 23 toward *and* against the fruit, such-as.:` the orange 2l.' bymeans of va'tensioningfspring z I5', it being lcarried by thepivot pinv I1 and vone end fixed against-the base I0 and the'oth'eri end against the arm Il. respectively.

The vbloclrli automatically adjusts itself when`V the knife is inwerking position and confrontsI the fruit to be peeled because the working face'. 2V of this block under the contour'thereof and con@` tact with .the'fruit will properly hold and main-'- tain'the knife" in cuttingv relation tof-fthe saidr fruit orthevlike'for the peelingl operation vof the device.

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